Description of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 85: Book of Hours, Use of Besançon?contributorCaitlin GoodmancatalogerNicholas HermanCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesFree Library of PhiladelphiaThese images and the content of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 85: Book of Hours, Use of Besançon? are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 85: Book of Hours, Use of Besançon?. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupt; it follows Besançon use in Matins, Lauds, Nones, Vespers, and Compline with slight variation; there are, however, only seven hours: Matins, Lauds, Vespers, and Compline have rubrics; Nones is complete according to Besançon use; the remaining three hours are combined into two hours which share antiphons, capitula, and prayers usually found separately in the Prime, Terce, Sext sequence of Besançon use; it appears the scribe has mistakenly merged these three hours into twoIn the calendar and Litany local Besançon saints predominate, including Maimbodus, Prothadius, Ferreolus and Ferrucius, Antidius, Claudius, Desideratus, and AgapitusUnited StatesPhiladelphiaFree Library of PhiladelphiaJohn Frederick Lewis Collection of European ManuscriptsLewis E 8558This Book of Hours, produced around 1430, is likely for the Use of Besançon. The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupted and only includes seven hours. Seven miniatures are included for the Hours of the Virgin, preceded by a miniature of Saint John the Baptist in the guise of John the Evangelist, and followed by a miniature of the penitent King David. The calendar, which contains many saints local to Besançon, is a separate textual unit.LatinBook of Hours, Use of Besançon?former ownerRichardson, Thomas F.former ownerLewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932former ownerLewis, Anne Baker1rCalendar19rGospel Lessons31rHours of the Virgin, Use of Besançon?128rPenitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers